Mathematical Vindications of the "Jeans Swindle"
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The original Jeans dispersion relation and instability criterion are derived by a mathematically well-defined limiting procedure. The procedure highlights Jeans' physical reasoning and vindicates the (in)famous ``Jeans swindle.'' A second, independent procedure is stated which yields the same result.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9910247,
title = {Mathematical Vindications of the "Jeans Swindle"},
author = {Michael K. -H. Kiessling},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9910247},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
11 pages; An expanded version of this preprint appeared under the title: 'The "Jeans swindle." A true story -- mathematically speaking.' with the journal reference as given below